Why is a U.S. Army brigade being assigned to the "Homeland"? Brigade homeland tours start Oct. 1

Dandelion Salad ^ | 9/08/2008 | Gina Cavallaro

[randomhero97]

Insurrection Act

[PLMerite]

It’d take more than one measely division to do that.

But keep your powder dry just in case you-know-who gets elected.

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

When I was in the service in the late 1960’s, We in the First Army trained for riot control. We practiced formations in moving mobs around. If I recall we had seven levels of force available to use. We started off by moving mobs with fixed bayonets and could end up in firing live rounds. Deploying the military is not a new practice in American history. It’s been done often.

[bert]

DEEEtroit

[wolfcreek]

Based in Ft. Hood,TX.

[Oyarsa]

But once a precedent is established, other divisions can be added.

You mean McCain? (http://www.gunowners.org/mccaintb.htm)

If you honestly thought him a friend of the 2nd amendment, you are grossly mistaken.

Neither McCain or Obama are trustworthy on that score.

[BBell]

It won't happen again in New Orleans or Louisiana. In the aftermath of Katrina we passed a law here in LA. making it illegal to confiscate guns during times of emergency. Bobby Jindal has an A+ rating from the NRA.

[Oyarsa]

That’s good news, but federal law trumps state law, and all it takes is one bad federal law, and one collectivist from either major party willing to enforce said law at gunpoint.

[kalee]

bookmark for later reading

[GOPJ]

To keep the Dim riots in check when McCain wins?

Or when the financial system crashes, to stop runs on gas stations and banks.

[Old Sarge]

We miss you, Dutch.

[shield]

Yes, in deed we do.

[jude24]

I wasn’t aware that “armytimes.com” (the original source for the story I provided) was a “troofer” site.

"Troofers" don't sell their wares in every PX in the Army.

[mysterio]

Doesn't this violate Posse Comitatus?

[randomhero97]

See my post #21.

[lt.america]

They are in dwell and when you look at the trend over the last several years, the military has been deployed repeatedly for natural disaster response. I wouldn't read too much into it. The type of additional training will be more for individuals that will have to deal with other government agencies, so I am sure the ground pounders will still be maintaining their core capabilities.

[ansel12]

We need a part of the military that is prepared to bring expertise to a situation such as a domestic nuclear explosion or an EMP attack, and we need a specially trained force that can fill in when a city’s or a region’s police force and firefighter force is dead or effectively destroyed and their equipment and infrastructure eliminated.

http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/09/army_homeland_090708w
“They may be called upon to help with civil unrest and crowd control or to deal with potentially horrific scenarios such as massive poisoning and chaos in response to a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or high-yield explosive, or CBRNE, attack.

Training for homeland scenarios has already begun at Fort Stewart and includes specialty tasks such as knowing how to use the “jaws of life” to extract a person from a mangled vehicle; extra medical training for a CBRNE incident; and working with U.S. Forestry Service experts on how to go in with chainsaws and cut and clear trees to clear a road or area.

The 1st BCT’s soldiers also will learn how to use “the first ever nonlethal package that the Army has fielded,” 1st BCT commander Col. Roger Cloutier said, referring to crowd and traffic control equipment and nonlethal weapons designed to subdue unruly or dangerous individuals without killing them.”

[Oyarsa]

I was being sarcastic. :-)

[TADSLOS]

I wasn’t being humorous. We are one pen stroke away from repeal of the Posse Comitatus Act.

[MrLee]

“Doesn’t this violate Posse Comitatus?” It would but the Constitution has been dead for a while now. Just a discussion piece..... Sad.....